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  1. The First Carnival for Radical Action

    5/28/07 5:32am by Melinda Casino
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    Happy Memorial Day. Here are some links for your reading pleasure: two carnivals, and two blog posts criticizing mainstream media. The First Carnival for Radical Action is hot off the press at The Anti-Essentialist Conundrum. This carnival contains lots of strategizing about how to organize at the grassroots level. The May issue of The Erase Racism Carnival is hosted at The Angry Black Woman. Both hosts have done smashing jobs on these carnivals, so drop by and leave a comment if you appreciate their work.  Read more >

  2. Ron Paul, S.E.X., and the 38th Carnival of Feminists

    5/22/07 10:50am by Melinda Casino
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    Nine Pearls writes a glowing review of a sex-ed book aimed at young adults, S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-To-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College. She enthuses, "[it] should be the textbook for every sex ed class in this country. It's that good." Take a look at the full review at her blog.  Read more >

  3. More on Jessica Valenti's book, "Full Frontal Feminism"

    5/21/07 6:23am by Melinda Casino
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    A couple of weeks ago, I published a collection of bloggers' reviews of Jessica Valenti's book, Full Frontal Feminism. Well, the conversation has moved on a bit since then, with women of color (WOC) feminist bloggers offering their thoughts on Full Frontal Feminism.  Read more >

  4. Katie Couric, and the Los Angeles May Day Immigration Rally Incident

    5/14/07 8:39pm by Melinda Casino
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    Laura at 11D asks, "What's Wrong With Katie?" and then proceeds to answer her own question. She's prompted by a NYT story which questions whether Katie Couric, the first female lead news anchor in prime-time, is the reason the ratings for the CBS Evening News have been lagging.  Read more >

  5. Two new blog carnivals, both of them radical

    5/14/07 9:46am by Melinda Casino
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    There must be something in the air, at least for bloggers, because two new blog carnivals have sprung up. The Anti-Essentialist Conundrum announces The Carnival of Radical Action which is devoted to grassroots organizing:  Read more >

  6. Bloggers protest Amazon, NYT, Rustlers

    5/12/07 9:12pm by Melinda Casino
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    A bird and a bottle summarizes why a New York Times restaurant critic is accused of sexism. Incurable Hippie objects to a toy doll being sold on Amazon.co.uk: "Amazon Continues to Promote Normalisation of Sexual Violence." Background post here.  Read more >

  7. Bloggers Review Jessica Valenti's "Full Frontal Feminism"

    5/7/07 2:14pm by Melinda Casino
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    Jessica Valenti's book, Full Frontal Feminism, has just been published. I'm not so interested in what professional reviewers are saying about it; I'm interested in what bloggers are saying about it.  Read more >

  8. Men in Heels - it's all for charity

    5/5/07 9:53am by Melinda Casino
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    Green LA Girl points to a photo essay in The LAist that documents the annual "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" men's march in Sherman Oaks. The event raised money for the local trauma center. According to the LAist, "the men marched Ventura Boulevard chanting 'stop rape now' and getting onlookers caught in the traffic to honk their horns." What a great way to get people's attention and raise money. The event now takes place in cities across the United States.  Read more >

  9. Porn Wars Part XII

    5/1/07 1:47pm by Melinda Casino
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    Twisty Faster gives us a tantalising glimpse into her in-box with "Reader actually asks spinster aunt's opinion". It contains a reader's heartfelt plea for advice on negotiating online disagreements about pornography—or porn wars. The letter alone is worth a read, but then you have the baroque writing of Twisty encasing it like a tortilla from one of her beloved Austin tacos.  Read more >

  10. The Gender Genie and the Pay Gap: Feminist blogs

    4/23/07 8:12pm by Melinda Casino
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    The Bipolar View writes an open letter to Eli Lilly: "Your product, Cymbalta, sucks ass and should not be promoted for human consumption. You know which product I'm referring to, don't you? The same drug that you're pushing off-label as an effective remedy for pain? You really shouldn't be doing that when you have no credible evidence to support your argument."  Read more >

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